1946, Yanis' father, Yiorgos, is arrested as a young man for protesting the fascist dictatorship in Greece. Decades later, Varoufakis is arrested on a protest, his parents send him to study in Britain for fear of history repeating itself.
With the eyes of the world on him, Varoufakis begins his battle with the Troika to free Greece from debt bondage. He must face down the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Five months of struggle culminate in a Greek referendum on the Troika's bail-out deal. Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is all but ready to capitulate to the Troika, Varoufakis believes a referendum victory is what is needed to reject the Troika.
It's 2019. Across the globe, the far right is on the rise, climate change is rapidly accelerating, and democracy is under threat. Drawing on his experiences as a politician, dissident, and economist, Varoufakis offers a stark warning.
The Greek crisis was merely a symptom of a global system in turmoil. Drawing on decades of work as an economist and political analyst, Varoufakis weaves a compelling narrative about capitalism, freedom, social democracy, the 2008 crash.
Returning to 2015, we pick up from the moment Varoufakis resigned as finance minister. We follow the launch of the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25), a transnational European movement for democracy with an ambitious.
